How to Teach Students to Compare and Contrast

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Title:

How to Teach Students to Compare and Contrast

URL:

https://youtu.be/HtGzwoVCO4E

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Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

This quick animation video provides a fun and engaging introduction to compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, events, drawing on specific details of a story.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
22. Describe literary elements within a story, including setting, plot, characters, and themes.

a. Describe in detail the characters' behavior, emotions, and traits and explain how their actions influence events in the story.

b. Explain how the characters' actions and dialogue contribute to the meaning of the story.

c. Identify the central message, theme, or moral in a story, including myths, fables, and folktales, and explain the meaning conveyed in the passage.

d. Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots from two texts.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
18. Identify the point of view in a narrative and describe how the narrative would be different if told from the perspective of a different character or narrator.

a. Compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event or topic, describing the differences in focus and the information provided.

b. Compare the perspectives of different characters within a text.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 5
21. Compare and contrast characters, points of view, or events in two or more literary texts.
Tags: compare and contrast, plot, setting, theme
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Author: Ginger Boyd